PLEASE READ THIS POST. Not a poem.

Hello friends.

First of all, this isn't Greg. Obviously. He entered the MTC 2 days ago to serve for 2 years in the Florida, Ft. Lauderdale Mission speaking Haitian Creole. He will be missed, but he is where he is supposed to be.

He asked me, a friend, to finish posting all of his poems and songs he has written on this blog because he never got the time to do it before he left. I know that there are a lot of them and you may not think they are worth your time to read, but let me assure you: they are. If you are ever feeling down, need a laugh, or want to be inspired, I encourage you to read his writing. Greg always said he could never verbalize what he truly felt, but his writing says it all. It is quite profound and every poem has many different messages, depending on who you are and how you apply it to yourself. Personally, I have felt the Spirit reading a lot of what he wrote. He is very close with the Savior, that much is prevalent. If you are a true friend of Greg's, you will read some of his words while he is gone and maybe leave a comment or two. He would really appreciate coming home to that.

Greg is a worthy young man who has sacrificed a lot throughout his life purely for the good of others. His dream is to be a hero in someone else's life, but we all know that he has been just that to all of us. He will continue that legacy in a greater manner serving the Lord. If you would, please leave a comment here letting Greg know that he did touch your life in some way and I will send it to him on his mission. It would mean the world to him.

Thanks for reading. And as Greg would say, "Have the best day ever!!!!"

Goodbye Natural Man

Dear Anger, Pain, Impatience, and Frustration.
Goodbye.
I've had enough, really.
I'm so sick of your temptations
Stop hankering me down.
And please, go waste your time on someone else.
I can't put up with you ever more
I'm sick of my down turned eye brows
and short-tempered disposition
I'm moving in with some new friends
and I hate to break it to you,
but I'm really hoping we don't have to see each other again.
So I'm going to smile now
and you can go waste Satan's time.
He's not doing anything better anyway.

Well, here's to starting over!

"Reflection on Death", "I'll Trust You"

Reflection on Death
At this time I think back
to when I was professedly suicidal
I wonder and ask myself,
Would I have left behind all that I knew?
Would I have left my family in misery?
What would the benefit have been?
What good could I do dead?

I think back and am grateful
That I got to a new life
Where I can be a light, alive
Where I've found myself.
I know who I am and
Who I want to be,
And I want to bless others

I'll Trust You
You tell me that If I want to find myself I have to lose myself
You tell me to put my life down for 2 years
and then resume again.
But I will do it for Thee.

You tell me that If I give it all up
I will find happiness
You tell me if I leave all love behind
I will experience more love than I've ever felt
So I trust you.

I may not have the answers
But I know You are the one
If You ask for my life as a sacrifice
Then I'll humbly say "Thy will be done."
I know You have all the answers
So I'll get on my knees and trust You.

You tell me that You know the way
I'll try to follow
You tell me You have eternal life
and I'll never go hungry
and I believe in Thee

I might falter sometimes
I might mess up the rhymes
But You always show me the way
And give me hope for a new day.
I often sin at times
I can be as sour as limes
But You always know the way
And You save me from the fray.

My Sunrise

So long the roads of darkness
crossed my path
So long the pain and anger
Clouded my mind
Till the day He said
"You have all that I have"
Till the day His light changed my life

Chorus
The light rushed in and the dark fled out
This is my sunrise, this ends my night
This is my rebirth, this is my new life
This is my sunrise
I see the sunlight
I see the day
I see my Savior
I see the way
I am born of God

So long my sins have stopped
me on the way
So long all my mistakes
Have put me in the fray
Till the day I found his mercy and forgiveness
Till the day I found his everlasting light

Chorus


Oh Jesus Christ (Oh saving light)
Save my life
I cannot do it without thee
I cannot do it alone

You are my sunrise, You end my night
You are by rebirth, You are my new life
You are the sunlight, You are the day
You are my Savior, You are the way
I am born of God

"Step Into the Stars", "Do You?", "Fight for You"

Step Into the Stars
Take a step into the stars
Cause that's where you are
Now look out way beyond
To see, we're not that far
I'm in a glorious place
When I see your face
I need to touch down to base
before I lose my place

Do You?
Do you think you know me?
Because I'd cross the world on my hands and knees.

Do you think you feel me?
Because you are everything

Do you think you see me?
Because you are all that I see

I love you
And I need you too
And I want to be
With you forever
I love you
and I need you
I need to be with you forever

Fight For You
I will fight for you
until the day I die
Because I die inside every time
I see your smile
Because I love you more
than life itself
and life without you
is like a cell
So I will fight for you
Until the day I die
Until the day I die

Broke Your Heart/ When We Were Friends

When we met
We couldn't have seen the end
We were set
We couldn't have seen this bend
because...

When we were friends
We could depend
on each other for strength
now it's the end
You will not bend
yourself only you defend
And now you're gone
and I'm broken

I've been lonely for a long time.
I've been seeing your face
I've been hearing your voice in my head
I've been seeing your smile

Heart broken
Words spoken
Can't you see?
Why can't I see you?
You set me free

And now We've come too far
And I broke your heart
And I am sorry
But it's still chasing me.

I'm not giving up
I'm not letting out
I'm not shutting up
I'm not going down
Why throw it away?
Why give up today?
I'm willing to say
I made a mistake.

You're Always Close to Home

Chorus
You're always close to home
With you I'm not alone
Because you did atone
I'm always close to home

Since I was young
I thought you were far.
Now I am grown,
and I can see you aren't.
The time I wasted
searching for your love
When I've had it all this time
It's time to realize

You're always close to home
No matter where you roam
His Spirit's never far
No matter where you are
Keep working for the goal
and your Spirit will be full
You're always close to home.

Chorus

You're always close to home
with you I'm not alone
I hope that you do know.

Sometimes I get lost
and you're always there
but I might not see you
until I humble myself
If I listen close, and I really try
I can feel you there
I've begun to realize
when I am done

Chorus


He died that day for you
So you could live for Him
He sacrificed it all for you
That could rid yourself of sin.
You have the chance to make a change
Keep Him in your heart and mind
and you'll be always close to home

No matter where I roam
I'm always close to home.

Make Me Yours

I've been lost for a long time.
Though I was fine with my own rhyme.
I was singing the words in the wrong time.
I guess I thought that I was just fine.

Then I hit face first on the ground
I felt the chains with which I'd been bound
You were helping me come around
So I knew that I had been found

So I decided to open my ears
And then I let go of my fears
I can feel it as your Spirit nears
I ask forgiveness through the tears

He said to me, it's been a while
You tried to hide with guile
I'll take away the taste of bile
if you will walk with me by the mile.

I changed from that day on
I knew that was the one
I put away my life of fun
To become His righteous son

Now I am a changed man
Sin I'm doing my best to ban
I follow Him because I can
And he makes me a real man.

Lord, make me Yours
heal me to the core
When I hit the floor, please
take my sins and sores
Help me become new
Guide me to be who I can be in You
Lord, make me Yours

Lord, I am yours
You healed me to the core
Your open pores take my sins and sores
You helped me become new
You guide me to be who I can be in You
Lord, I am yours.

Was I Enough?

Was I what you wanted?
Was I what you needed?
Did I take the time
to make you mine?
Was I the one
that made you undone?
Was I enough?
or were you too tough?

God's Hand Is In Everything

It's in the death of a father
and in the birth of a babe
It's in the loss of a job
or the promotion or raise
He's in the pain of a lover
and the healing again

God's hand is in everything
It's guiding you, trying you, along the way
God's plan is in everything
He's aware, He cares
He's there, He shares